Mechanics of Materials 101 Beam Deflection and Stress-Strain Relations
Mechanics of Materials 101 – Beam deflection and stress-strain relations
An originally straight bar with a rectangular cross-section is forced to bend around a cylinder with radius r=10in. If Young’s modulus for the beam material is 10x106psi and the yield stress is 40,000psi, find the maximum thickness h that the beam can have without being permanently deformed.
Solution:
The first step is to determine the radius of curvature for the beam. Since the beam has a rectangular cross-section, the neutral axis will be at the midpoint which gives the radius of curvature as
The strain is related to the radius of curvature as
The maximum strain will occur at the outer surface of the beam.
The strain at the yield point is related to the yield stress as
We will equate the maximum strain to the yield strain.
Solving for h gives
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Combining beam deflection and stress-strain relations
Problem Length: 10 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 102 – Direct Shear and axial stretching
After fabrication the center bar is found to be too short to fit in the pin connection at c. Therefore, it is forced downward a distance δ=0.01in to make it fit. The bars ab and cd have 1in by 0.5 in rectangular cross sections with E=10x106psi and L1=10in and L2=15in. The blocks at the bottom that the pins at c slide into are rigid. If the pin at b can carry a maximum shear load of 2000lb, will it fail?
Solution:
We begin by drawing free body diagram of the center bar.
Considering force equilibrium in the y-direction gives
We observe that the center bar is stretched by axial load P and the two side bars are compressed by axial load Rb=P/2. The change in length of these bars is given by
and
The total downward displacement of point c is a result of these two changes:
Solving for P gives
Since Rb=P/2=1250lb which is the shear force carried by the pin at b, we conclude that the pin does not fail.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Combining direct shear and axial stretching
Problem Length: 10 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 103 – Buckling and thermal expansion
A pipe welded to two stationary tanks transfers steam between them. The pipe has an inner radius of 1in, an outer radius of 1.1in, and a length L=60in. The pipe is stress free at 70°F. What is the maximum allowable steam temperature in the pipe so that it does not buckle due to thermal expansion effects if the coefficient of thermal expansion is 6x10-6/°F.
Solution:
If the pipe were unconstrained, it would get longer due to thermal expansion. This is prevented by the constraint which effectively provides some unknown axial compressive force P. The superposition of these two effects is shown in the figure below.
The resulting net elongation would be given as
Solving this for the axial load P gives
Since this bar is effectively clamped at both ends, the critical for bucking is
For the bar to buckle, P must equal Pcrit.
Solving for ∆T gives
Therefore, the maximum allowable temperature is 1080°F.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Combining buckling and thermal expansion
Problem Length: 12 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 104 – Beam deflection
In the beam below, if L1=30in and L2=8in, what should L3 equal so that point b does not deflect vertically when load P is applied.
Solution:
We begin by cutting the beam at point b and drawing a free body diagram of the lower portion.
Applying force equilibrium in the y-direction and moment equilibrium about point b, we get
By Newton’s third law, these loads will act at point b on the upper portion of the beam but in the opposite direction as shown below.
We now address the problem of finding the end deflection of a cantilever beam of length L1 subjected to an end force and end moment. We can use a beam deflection table and superposition to get the end deflection as
Setting vb equal to zero and solving for L3 gives L3=2L1/3. Therefore, we conclude the L3 should equal 20in.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Beam deflection
Problem Length: 5 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 105 – Stress transformation of coordinates
Two blocks of wood with 4in by 4in square cross-sections are glued along the line shown. If the glue bond fails at a shear stress of 100psi, find the maximum allowable axial load P that can be applied without failure.
Solution:
If we construct a coordinate system with the x-axis horizontal and the y-axis vertical, then the glue line will make a 30° angle relative to the x-axis as shown below.
In this system we have the following stress state caused by axial load P
Now consider a new coordinate system with the x’-axis normal to the face of the glue line and the y’-axis normal to the x’-axis as shown in the figure. The x’,y’-system is rotated 120° relative to the x,y-system. The shear stress on the x’-face can be found from the transformation of coordinates for stress formula.
Substituting the values of stress and θ=120°, we get
Setting τx’y’ equal to the allowable shear stress and solving for P, we get
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Stress transformation of coordinates
Problem Length: 5 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 106 –Axial Stretching
The two vertical bars have 1in by 0.5in square cross-sections and E=100x103psi. They are pinned to the cross bar as shown. What value of P makes the two vertical bars have the same length if the left bar has length L1=10in and the right bar has length L2=10.1in?
Solution:
We begin by drawing a free body diagram of the cross bar.
Considering force equilibrium in the y-direction and moment equilibrium about the left pin (point a) gives
Solving gives Ra=P and Rb=2P, where these two forces are axial loads on the two vertical bars causing the following elongations
The final lengths of the two bars are
Setting these two lengths equal to each other gives
Solving for P gives
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Axial Stretching
Problem Length: 10 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 107 – Torsion and Mohr’s circle
The cylinder has an inner radius of 1in and an outer radius of 1.1in. It is subjected to an axial load P=1000lb and a torque T=1000inlb. A crack is found in the cylinder that makes an angle θ relative to an axis parallel to the central axis of the cylinder. What would be the ideal orientation angle θ of the crack so that does not tend to propagate? Tension normal to the crack tends to make the crack propagate. Shear parallel to the crack tends to make the crack propagate. Compression normal to the crack has no effect.
Solution:
We begin by finding the stresses caused by the axial load P and the torsional load T acting on the cylinder.
Next, we draw Mohr’s circle for this stress state.
Now, we look for a point on the surface of the circle where there is neither normal tension stress nor shear stress. This is the point labeled x’-face on the circle (which has normal compressive stress, but that is ok). This face is 243° counterclockwise from the x-face on the circle. The orientation of the normal to this face on the cylinder is 243°/2 counterclockwise from the x-axis. This means that the line of the crack should make an angle of θ=243°/2-90°=31.5° counterclockwise from the x-axis.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Torsion and Mohr’s circle
Problem Length: 15 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 108 – Shear stress due to bending
A wooden beam with a 6in by 6in square cross-section is to be made using one of two options. Option 1 involves gluing two 3in by 6in boards together. Option 2 involves gluing three 2in by 6in boards together. If the beam is subjected to transverse bending load and failure of the glue bond due to shear is the primary concern, which option is superior?
Solution:
The formula for the shear stress is
with
where A is the area of the beam cross section above the point where the shear stress is desired, and is the y-coordinate of the centroid of that area. For option 1 (see below)
For option 2 (see below)
This results in option 2 having the lower shear stress and makes it the superior design.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Shear stress due to bending
Problem Length: 10 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 109 – Direct Shear and Failure Analysis
The bar is connected to a wall by two bolts. The bolt on left has a 0.5in diameter. The bolt on the right has a 0.75in diameter. The two bolts are made from a material with an allowable shear stress of 10,000psi. Find the maximum allowable load P.
Solution:
We begin by drawing a free body diagram of the bar.
Applying moment equilibrium about point a and force equilibrium in the y-direction gives
The allowable value of P for the left bolt at point a is
The allowable value of P for the left bolt at point b is
Therefore, the maximum allowable value of P is 982lb.
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Direct Shear and Failure Analysis
Problem Length: 10 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 110 – Beam deflection and buckling
A simply-supported beam is subjected to a uniformly distributed load with intensity w. For added support there is a vertical simply-supported beam pinned to its center at point b as shown. The horizontal and vertical beams have identical properties. Find the load w required to cause the vertical beam to buckle in terms of E, I, A, and L.
Solution:
We begin by separating the vertical bar from the beam.
The horizontal beam is effectively a simply supported beam subjected to a known uniformly distributed load w and an unknown point force Rb at its center. From a beam deflection table and using superposition, we get the vertical displacement of point b as
The vertical bar is a bar subjected to an unknown axial load Rb. The shortening of this bar is
Compatibility of deformation requires vb=δb which gives
Solving for Rb gives
The vertical bar will buckle when Rb reaches the buckling load for a simply supported beam, i.e.,
Solving for w gives
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Beam deflection and buckling
Problem Length: 15 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 111 – Beam deflection
A bar with weight W and length L rests on a flat surface under gravity. A force equal to W/3 is applied to the left end. Find the length of beam a that lifts off the ground and the vertical displacement of the left end in terms of W, L, E and I.
Solution:
The portion of the beam that is laying flat has zero curvature; i.e.,
This means that the internal bending moment is zero throughout this portion. If we cut the beam at the point where the beam transitions from curved to flat, we get the following free body diagram.
Considering moment equilibrium about the right end we get
Solving for a gives a=2L/3. At the point where the beam transitions from curved to flat, both the displacement and the slope are equal to zero. Thus, the beam behaves as if it were cantilevered from this point as shown below.
Using a beam deflection table and superposition, we get the end displacement as
Substituting a=2L/3, we get
Author: Kennedy, T.C.
Subject: Mechanics of Materials
Topic: Beam deflection
Problem Length: 15 minutes
Grading: Hand graded
Presentation Format: Text and figure with problem statement
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Mechanics of Materials 112 – Torsion
A stepped cylinder is subjected to a clockwise end torque Tc =1000inlb as shown below. The thick section has a length Lab=30in and a radius rab=1in. The thin section has a length Lbc=10in and a radius rbc=0.75in. If a counter clockwise torque Tb is applied at section b (at the end of the thick section), find the value of Tb to make the rotation at end c equal to zero.
Solution:
Consider Tc acting alone. The twist angle of section b relative to section a is
The twist angle of section c relative to section b is